Zurich Film Festival taps “Linsanity,” “The Manor”

Eighteen documentaries, including The Manor (pictured), will screen in competition at the11-day event, which takes place from September 26 to October 6.

The Zurich Film Festival has revealed this year’s line-up, with docs including The Manor (pictured), Inequality for All and Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia.

Running from September 26 to October 6, the annual Swiss event will screen 122 films from 27 countries, including 22 debut films and 16 world premieres. Eighteen films will screen in competition in the festival’s ‘International Documentary Film’ and ‘Germany, Austria, Switzerland Documentary Film’ categories. The winners will be announced at a ceremony on October 5.

“We want to grow at a healthy and moderate pace,” festival co-director Nadja Schildknecht said in a statement. “A higher budget of 6.1 million francs made it possible to optimize our corporate structure as well as further develop the contents of the program. In addition to that, we were able to increase the cinematic program as well as invite a larger number of guests and schedule more industry events.”